Warkicker

Great job! If you have enough time, I'll commission you to be my interior decorator! BTW, I see you are now in Mt. Pleasant. What brought you there? I use to live in Charleston. Hope you are getting some fishing done and frequenting some of the restaurants in Charleston.

As hot as it can get with armor on, I can't imagine exacerbating your potential for dehydration with the diuretic effects of alcohol. Thanks for the message, Joseph. By the way, do you ever sleep or are you just an early bird?

Lol! Happy Easter!

Holy cow Eric, that's impressive! I now feel inadequate. I have two ANH Hero Stormtroopers from TM, one on a mannequin and one I wear. I started lifting weights and could no longer get into the first set of armor after 6 months, hence I now recommend leaving the arms and legs with some room and add or subtract foam accordingly. I also have a Jack Sparrow costume. On Disney cruises, my wife does such a bang up job on my make-up, I get lots of request for pictures from other passengers thinking I'm the "official" Jack Sparrow. Currently working on a FO TK.

Well done Thomas! Working on pics to submit my TM armor. Hope mine looks as good.

Looks great Mark. Your armor is easy on the eyes even from the inside!

Well done! Merry Christmas!

Definitely recommend TM. He makes exquisite kits. Here's my Hero helmet.

"I can't see a thing in this helmet!" - Luke Skywalker

Kenneth, Yes, you can get EIB and Centurion without the bracket system. I used snaps and elastic to assemble my armor and adjustable velcro in the arms, patterned after JustJoseph63 and Pandatrooper. Give me a PM and maybe we can get together.

Oh boy! Time for a third set of TM armor?

That's good to know Aaron. I was warned from Troopermaster himself as well as others with the thicker armor not to use the bracket system given the thicker armor was not as flexible. I would have loved to use that system. By the way, congratulations on the Cavs bringing home the NBA championship!

Hi Kenneth, If my math is correct, I believe that works out to 2 mm which is fine. I have two sets of Troopermaster ANH stormtrooper armor in the 2 mm acrylic ABS and I love them. I believe most people have armor in the 1.5 mm thickness which is more flexible. I personally enjoy the thicker armor and so far they have been very durable. The only thing particular to the thicker armor is that you should not use the classic bracket and elastic loops system to assemble the chest, abdominal, kidney and butt plates together as that may crack the armor. By the way, I'm just up the road from you in Mooresville. Good luck with the build. Would love to see you post a build thread. Shadowtroopers look awesome!

At least they got the gap between the back and kidney plate right.

Great Scott! Germain's right! I've never seen a picture that better captures the quintessence of a Hero stormtrooper! Of course it starts off with great armor. I feel very blessed to have 2 sets of these.

Mark's right. There's plenty of resources from which to get mesh to put behind the frown. Got mine from TrooperBay.com

I have a TM helmet in the hero version and am building another. They are absolutely superb and I highly recommend getting a TM (as well as his armor). Just PM him if you are interested.

Mine is what my high school football teammates use to call me. They combined part of my last name and position (place kicker and punter). Sometimes it was "War" or "Kick" but I was mostly called "Warkicker". I was the only one with a tri-syllabic nickname.<br><br> I had a little bit of a game time temper for a kicker and also had a knack for laying the wood on some unsuspecting kick returners on the occasion my kick offs weren't touch backs, in which case my teammates would scream "Waaarrrrr!!!!!"

Well done Vic! Impressive, most impressive!

Hats (helmets) off to the Midwest Garrison for bringing a smile and a little happiness to a sweet child! I work with a lot of sick kids and this brings tears to my eyes. I agree that first photo is priceless and bittersweet.

"These costumes will be 99.999% screen accurate. Don't let the legions of nit-pickers or costume-Nazis tell you different. Armor and helmets will be cast FROM THE ORIGINAL MOLDS!" facepalm

I assembled my armor after Joseph's double snap system. I highly recommend it as it is very strong and dependable. It never crosses my mind anymore that any piece will fall off accidentally.

Congratulations! Well deserved.

Definitely buy from a vetted armourer and build yourself a full kit first. Even if your ultimate goal is to eventually sculpt and vacuum form your own armor, this process will give you invaluable insight on what is involved in getting a finished product together. This is already an expensive endeavor and if you familiarize yourself with the history of how some of the armourers such as Troopermaster were able to create screen accurate armor worthy of acceptance by the 501st, you will find it to be a very involved and intensive process.

Dan, You've gotten some excellent advice on this thread. At the very least, it sounds like you are suffering from allergic contact dermatitis. If the reaction was delayed, this is a type IV hypersensitivity which is commonly due to the chemicals in the manufacturing process of latex. Most, but not all, true allergies to latex itself are due to antibodies formed against proteins found in the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) and are type I sensitivities which are systemic. For safety sake, it may be worthwhile to get allergy tested to make sure you are not developing a type I sensitivity as this is not anything to mess with, as Ely emphasized. As it were, Tim also has a good point as silk allergy is more common than you think. You might ask your doctor to test you for this as well. I see both allergies in my profession but latex by far is the more prevalent and dangerous of the two.